Founded in 1859, Politecnico di Torino (POLITO) is a leading institution in Italy and in Europe in the field of technical-scientific research (www.polito.it), with a yearly budget of about €300 million and over 35,000 students enrolled in academic courses of different levels, Bachelor, Master of Science, PhD, Specializing Master Courses of I and II Levels (16% of them are international students).